Book-launch: how do informal urban interventions interact, meet and challenge urban masterplans?

WeMakeThe.City is a new international urban innovation festival. From June 17 til June 23 2019 we celebrate urban living whilst addressing important urban issues in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. How can we make our cities better? How do we make better cities? All over the world, including Amsterdam and its metropolitan region, cities are growing rapidly. This growth causes serious problems concerning, for instance, climate, safety, affordable housing, and health. The key question is: what kind of city do we want to live in, in five, ten or fifteen years time? WeMakeThe.City will be searching for answers, together with you and many others. Because together we make the city of the future.

Worldwide, but especially in the Global South, fast processes of urbanization are changing and shaping the cities of tomorrow - but for whom? In their newest book 'To Build a City in Africa’, authors Michelle Provoost & Rachel Keeton describe how the African New Towns trend caters to middle- and upper income groups, while disregarding the majority of the (low-income) urban dwellers. How can formal and informal urban planning contribute to inclusive cities? A conversation with Michelle Provoost, Rachel Keeton and special guest Alfredo Brillembourg.